Improve your Stained Glass Soldering here
Find tips and tricks to help you achieve a beautifully smooth soldered seam. You’ll discover how to get a lovely rounded edge on your sun catchers and how to fill in unsightly gaps.

A Sparkling Finish is yours
Patina and Polish is the last step and the one that truly makes your stained glass stand out. Find out how to achieve a gorgeous uniform finish and see your work gleam.

Hang your stained glass work with pride
Don’t end up with stacks of stained glass gathering dust in a cupboard. Find out how to Frame and Add Hooks so that your beautiful work takes centre stage.

Fire screen just waiting for stained glass Ever picked one of these fire screens (or similar) up from a thrift shop? I was asked for some ideas for incorporating stained glass into it and came up with these suggestions: 1. Use the metal work to your advantage The metal work…

I love these chest stained glass boxes. They are slightly more difficult to make but not too hard… you just have to make sure you get the spacing and the angle right on the lid. The most important thing is to be absolutely 100% accurate with your cutting. Using a…

This is a gem! A short film ( minutes) showing Dalle de verre being made. If you aren't sure what Dalle de verre is they're like chunky mosaics. It's the technique of sawing or breaking thick (3cm inches) coloured slabs of glass with a hammer then chipping the edges to…

I've been having a fine time in my studio. After reading in a book that you could cut glass with scissors under water (YES! scissors! under water!) I decided rashly that I was going to have a go. So I decided to cut a circle out of blue stained…

Lovely shiny black patina Do you have trouble getting your zinc came black? Here's some tricks to make your panels gleam. Question: Thank you for the Pewter Black tip. I ONLY use Jax Pewter Black on my pieces, and of late, have been having trouble with it not turning out…

Stained glass applique Have you ever tried Stained Glass Appliqué? It’s a fantastically easy way of creating panels without lead or soldering. What’s more, you can use up all those scappy bits of leftover glass to create stunning panels. So what is Stained Glass Applique? Basically it’s pieces of glass…

From springs to rings … Do you buy ready-made jump rings for hanging your suncatchers? Expensive, aren't they? Here's a tutorial showing how to make your very own rings from wire by winding it around a stick of bamboo and cutting them with wire cutters. It's a simple trick and…

Cut Bottles and Create Art This glass bottle cutter is the simplest one I've used. I've made glasses, candle holders, garden decorations, lamp shades - all sorts of creative delights! Click to buy the Ephrems Bottle Cutter at Amazon. This cutter holds the bottle firmly, which helps you to make the…

About Milly

I've been working with stained glass for over - yikes! - 25 years now, both as a professional artist and as a trained teacher.
I savour those moments when my students suddenly start improving and realising what they’re REALLY capable of. I also enjoy playing 5-a side football (badly).